Ankarana Special Reserve is located about 108km south of Antsiranana and covers 18,220ha. Ankarana is known for its limestone karst pinnacles called tsingy along with its extensive cave system and network of underground rivers -- some of which contain crocodiles. Dry deciduous forest is found in much of the reserve.
Ankarana may have the highest density of primates of any forest in the world according to Bradt's Madagascar Wildlife. Visitors may encounter the crowned lemur, Sanford's brown lemur, Perrier's black lemur, the northern sportive lemur and dwarf lemurs. A variety of chameleons and leaf-tailed Uroplatus geckos can also be found in the reserve.
When I visited Ankarana there were no facilities -- plan on camping and packing in your own food. I highly recommend this park!
Province: Antsiranana (Diégo-Suarez)
Area: 18,220
Protected area status: Special reserve
Year established:
General location: Northern
Location and Access: 45 minutes' drive southwest from Diégo
Climate:
Average temperature: 24-28°C
Elevation:
Precipitation:
Description: Ankarana is well-known for its extensive caves systems (more than 100 km mapped to date) -- formed by slightly acidic rivers running through limestone formations -- and tsingy formations. Ankarana's canyons are forested with dry deciduous forest.
FLORA: The following species are endemic to the park: Pachypodium baroni, Euphorbia ankarensis, Andansonia perrieri, H. voyroni, Hildegardia erythrosyphon Species:
Additional notes: Extreme seasonal variations in temperature and rainfall (dry season from May to December). Four major rivers run through Ankarana: the Besabola, the Ankarana river, the Antenan' Ankarana and the Manjeba (which runs entirely underground)
NASA Satellite Image of the Ankarana / Montagne d' Ambre region:
NOVA | Secrets of the Crocodile Caves | Explore Ankarana | PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/croccaves/ankarana.html
Visit Ankarana, a reserve near the northern tip of Madagascar, with this slideshow and a series of 360-degree panoramas. Investigate a sunken forest and a
NOVA Online | The Wilds of Madagascar | Maps (Ankarana Reserve)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/madagascar/explore/mapsanka.html
Madagascar | Ankarana Reserve | Marojejy Reserve Map of the Ankarana Reserve Maporiginally published in Lemurs of the Lost World, by Jane Wilson (Impact
Madagascar Pictures: Ankarana
http://www.kuederle.com/Madagascar/Pictures/Ankarana.html
These are the pictures from Oliver Kuederle's trip to Madagascar.
MBG: Madagascar Biodiversity and Conservation - Dry tropical forest
http://www.mobot.org/mobot/madagascar/drytropical.asp?order=1&subdivision=ankarana
Ankarana Plateau from the savanna Click image for enlargement. The AnkaranaPlateau was the only truly world-class rocky landscape we visited in Madagascar.
MBG: Madagascar Biodiversity and Conservation - Dry tropical forest
http://www.mobot.org/mobot/madagascar/drytropical.asp?order=19
Ankarana cave Ankarana cave Click image for enlargement ... Due to the porouslimestone, most water sources in the Ankarana are in the caves.
Ankarana National Park (Tsingy's)
http://laszlobolgar.tripod.com/travelalbum/id4.html
The big shiny green geckos are quite common in this area. Ankarana_030m.jpg Thesmall Tsingy in Ankarana is just a short hike from the Bat Cave.
Ankarana Plateau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankarana_Plateau
Ankarana Plateau from savannah · Enlarge. Ankarana Plateau from savannah.Ankarana Plateau is a small vegetated mountain range in northern Madagascar with
Trekking in Madagascar : The Tsingy of Ankarana
http://www.madagascar-ilaytours.com/trekking_madagascar.php?page=ankarana
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Amorphophallus ankarana
http://www.aroid.org/gallery/kozminski/Amorphophallus/ankarana.html
Amorphophallus ankarana Hett., Bogner &Ittenb. ... Other pages with this species:.A year in the life of A. ankarana (72.4 kB)
Ankarana
http://www.rainbowtours.co.uk/countries/madagascar/topics/destinations/ankarana.shtml
In the northeast of Madagascar, Ankarana is an area of unique and spectacular 'tsingy'and inhabited by large concentrations of wildlife.
Amorphophallus ankarana in A Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of ...
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=12&taxon_id=242417509
Amorphophallus ankarana Hett., Ittenb. & Bogner. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 121: 2, f.1, 5-7 (1999). ... Protected Areas : Ankarana. Conservation Status: Vulnerable
Amorphophallus ankarana
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The southern end of the Ankarana Massif from the air
http://www.bluechameleon.org/Photo%20&%20Image %20Stockpile%20-%20BCV/Ankarana%20massif%20from%20the%20air.htm
The southern end of the Ankarana Massif from the air. This jagged mass of weatheredlimestone is one of at least six areas where this kind of ancient
Ankarana Special Reserve
http://taniko.free.fr/parks/ankarana.htm
Ankarana is thought to contain the highest density of primates of any ...The Ankarana Massif is a limestone plateau that measures approximately 5km x 20km
Danny Carnahan: Travel Writing
http://www.dannycarnahan.com/writing/travel_death01.html
Ankarana is the Lost World—a nearly impenetrable 18000 hectares of tsingy, ...The book tells of one particular view in the middle of Ankarana that is so
Almost all pictures on this site were taken with a Konica Minolta
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